Fiction: Crisis in the Phillipines; Operation Cope Thunder.

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May 12, 2019

 

In a series of attacks across the central island of Luzon, Islamic terrorist groups Ansuer Al Islamia and Abu Saief took hundreds of lives. Phillipino President Andrew Magkasi called the situation dire and mulls possible request for US military assistance. In Yokosuka Japan the Ford class aircraft carrier USS Ten Bears (CVN-84) and her battlegroup have pulled in for a good will port call; the carrier has Air Wing 17 embarked with two UCAV-47 squadrons, two A-6F squadrons, A navy F-35 Fighter Squadron, A Marine Corps F-35 squadron, A re-commissioned KA-6D squadron and a UCAV-47 EAW squadron all out of Naval Air Station Shelton, Washington.

 

 

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Ten Bears?  anything like the Seahawk from JAG?

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Seahawk was often in that show wasn't she?

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May 13,2019

 

The President seeks Congressional Authorization to deploy US Forces in support of the Phillippines. Phillippine President Magkasi calls up reserves and issues a call for 20,000 vollunteers in what he describes as a National Emergency response to armed invasion. The two terrorist groups are made up of foreign fighters from the Middle East, Indonesia and Abu Saif which is based in the Muslim strong southern Islands chain.

 

USS Ten Bears departs Yokosuka Japan with her five Arleigh Burke class escorts and support ships with orders to be within striking range of Luzon and the Southern Islands within 48 hours. The President is also seeking to deploy 250 Special Operations troops to augment the Phillippine Army and Negreto mountain soldiers on the main Island of Luzon.

And no...Brian Williams will not be flying an Intruder.

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May 14, 2019

 

NBC News report from Richard Engel aboard USS Ten Bears

 

"Brian...tonight the Philippines has been described as a nation aroused in anger and awaken to danger and this aircraft carrier and her task force are but hours away from possible combat. All day crews have been readying planes, delivering ordinance from its magazines to staging areas on the flight deck. Among the planes aboard this formidable vessel are three squadrons of Unmanned Combat Airborne Vehicles or "UCAVs" which will see their first full scale use in combat since their development began less than seven years ago."

 

"The reaction in the Philippines to the massive terrorist assault of a few days ago has been by best description...electric. Thousand of young men have answered President Magkasi's call to swell the ranks of the army and the Marines; among them 2,000 indigenous Negreto tribesmen, said to be highly aggressive mountain jungle experienced warriors.Magkasi in his public address called on the suspected foreign fighters to surrender while the opportunity is still afforded to them because once combat is begin, Magkasi said bluntly, there will be no mercy."

 

 

 

 

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May 15,2019

 

The US Congress authorizes the President to take action in support of the Phillippines fighting as of yet an unknown quantity and strength of Islamic terrorists who have steadily built up their numbers over two decades by flowing men and material into the Southern and central islands of the Phillippines.

 

Shortly after the Congressional authorization; there is an attack on an army training facility south of Basayayan on the Battan peninsula. The attack occurs at night, the number of attackers reported as "substantial"

 

The attackers over run the facility, killing 139 Phillippino soldiers and raiding weapons, vehicles and ammunition before a response force from the Army post in nearby Kabinti engages the tail end of the attacking force killing 75 terrorists and suffering 27 casualties from a bomb laiden jeep.

 

USS Ten Bears and her task force arrive North of Luzon and prepare to launch a series of recon flights with the ERA-27 UCAV's to gather data for eventual air strikes against concentrated terrorist strong holds. Air Wing 17 carries...

 

1 Each early warning/electronic warfare UCAV squadron ER-1 "Night Cats"

 

1 Each Recon/Attack UCAV squadron RA-3 "Prairie Foxes"

 

2 Each A-6F Intruder squadrons VA-166 "The fighting Seeones" and VA-6 "The Black Rams"

 

2 Each F-35 Lightening fighter squadrons "VF-187 "The Pride" and WMFA 119 "The Red Badgers"

 

2 Each H-60 Seahawk squadrons "HS-51 and HS-36"  

 

 

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May 15, 2019

 

     The President addresses the nation as Operation Cope Thunder begins with USS Ten Bears starting UCAV surveilance, electronic warfare and limited precision air strikes to collect intelligence on the strength and operational movements of Abu Saif and Ansur al Islam fighters on Luzon and the southern islands. The President lays out the exact roles both Special Operations and the Navy will play in supporting Phillippine forces. VA-166 and VMFA-119 are deployed to Aquinaldo AFB south of Manila to be closer on demand to support the Phillippine Army while VB-6 and VF-187 will cover the Southern Islands from Ten Bears.

Edited May 27, 2016 by dannavy85

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May 20th,2019

USS Ten Bears CVN-84

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT

AIR WING 17

 

AFTER ACTION REPORT COVERING SORTIES + 7 TO 12 SINCE OPERATIONAL COMMITMENT

 

AT 0034 HOURS ON THE 20TH OF MAY 2019 A SIX UCAV RECON PACKAGE WAS LAUNCHED CONSISTING OF THREE UCAV-R-47 AND THREE UCAV ER-47 CRAFT WITH ORDERS TO CONDUCT SURVEILANCE AND INTELIGENCE GATHERING OVER A 100 SQUARE MILE REGION OF CENTRAL LUZON FROM BAGIO CITY TO SAINT SABASTINO TO THE SOUTH.

 

FLYING THREE UCAV AIRCRAFT FOR VR-3 WERE WARRANT OFFICERS DINISHA, URSTING AND RENCE.

FLYING THREE UCAV AIRCRAFT FOR ER-1 WERE WARRANT OFFICERS WADACO, SANDERS AND GILLIS

 

AT 0147 HOURS, 50 MILES SOUTH OF BAGIO CITY, WARRANT OFFICER WADACO REPORTED BEING PAINTED BY A FAN SONG RADAR ARRAY NEAR A DESERTED DIRT AIRFIELD. HIS UCAV CAME UNDER FIRE FROM AN SA-2 BATTERY BUT WAS NOT STRUCK. WARRENT OFFICER DINISHA IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE BATTERY UNDER FIRE WITH A 500 LB LGB PAVEWAY AND NEUTRALIZED THE BATTERY RADAR ARRAY.

 

UPON REVIEW OF THE INCOMING DATA CONCERNING THE SITE; WARRANT OFFICER RENCE IDENTIFIED A LARGE 1000 GALLON FUEL STORAGE TANK AND TOOK IT UNDER FIRE WITH A 500 LB LGB PAVEWAY. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND SPREAD OF FIRE INDICATED THAT THE TANK WAS IN USE THOUGH NO OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED ON THE SITE OR IN THE AIR ABOUT THE SITE.

 

VR-3 AND ER-1 HAVE FORWARDED THEIR DATA TO OPERATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY STRIKE CONSIDERATION. THEY REPORT THAT RETURN FIRE FROM HOSTILE FORCES BELOW CONSISTED MAINLY OF MEDIUM CALIBER AND LIGHT CALIBER WEAPONS. NO SHOULDER FIRED IR MISSILES WERE OBSERVED DURING THE FLIGHT.

Edited May 28, 2016 by dannavy85

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MAY 20, 2019

USS TEN BEARS CVN-84

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT

0918

 

AFTER ACTION REPORT COVERING SORTIES +20-23 SINCE OPERATION AUTHORIZED

 

AT 0743 20 MAY 2019 A THREE AIRCRAFT STRIKE PACKAGE WAS LAUNCHED AGAINST A CONFIRMED ABU SAIF AIRSTRIP ON THE ISLAND OF

SALUMAR WEST OF SEBU. THE 700 FOOT LONG AIRSTRIP WAS BEING USED BY OPFORCES TO DELIVER SUPPLIES AND LIGHT EQUIPMENT TO FORCES ON LUZON. THE THREE F-35 LIGHTENING AIRCRAFT FROM VFMA 119 CONSISTED OF TWO COVERING AIRCRAFT AND A BOMB LAIDEN AIRCRAFT CARRYING FOUR MARK 82 SLICKS.

 

BADGER ONE AND THREE WERE PILOTED BY MAJOR KERNS AND CAPTAIN OLIVARO

BADGER TWO, THE STRIKE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY 1ST LIEUTENANT DABNEY

 

BADGER TWO PLACED HER ORDINANCE ACCURATELY ON TARGET CUTTING THE AIRFIELD IN HALF AND DENYING THE OPFORCE ITS USE. PHILLIPPINO MARINES STORMED THE AIRSTRIP IN A FOLLOW ON ASSAULT AND PERMINANTLY DENIED IT TO THE OPFORCES. NO AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED. ENEMY FIRE CONSISTED OF THE LIGHT AND MEDIUM CALIBER WEAPONS. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjiEtqQnf4o

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MAY 20, 2019

USS TEN BEARS CVN-84

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT

1449 hours

 

AFTER ACTION REPORT COVERING SORTIES +25 to 27 SINCE OPERATION COMMENCEMENT

 

AT 1235 20 MAY 2019 A THREE AIRCRAFT STRIKE PACKAGE WAS LAUNCHED AGAINST AN ANSUR AL ISLAMIA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING WHEN TRANSMISSIONS WERE GATHERED AND DETECTED BY A UCAV AIRCRAFT FROM ER-1. THREE A-6F INTRUDERS FROM VA-166 WERE ON IMMEDIATE OVERHEAD CALL SUPPORT OF PHILLIPPINE ARMY FORCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE TARGET WITH "PACK 2" BEING VECTORED TO THE HQ TARGET.

 

PACK 2 WAS FLOWN BY LIEUTENANT OLIVIA ALVARO AND HER B/N JASPER NOLAND

 

PACK 2 DELIVERED A 500 POUND LGB UPON THE TARGET THEN RESPONDED TO AN IMMEDIATE CALL FOR SUPPORT FROM A NEARBY NATIONAL CONSTABULLARY HEADQUARTERS THAT CAME UNDER FIRE FROM ANSUR AL ISLAMIA INSURGENTS. PACK 2 DESTROYED TWO ARMORED VEHICLES THEN REGISTERED AN IR THREAT SCAN BELIEVED TO BE A SHOULDER FIRED ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE WHICH DETONATED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. LIEUTENANT A;LVARO IMMEDIATELY SECURED THE RIGHT ENGINE WHICH WAS DAMAGED AND BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO A SAFE LANDING AT MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NO INJURIES SUFFERED BY THE CREW.

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TIME magazine on Phillippine crisis